warring states careerist

Chapter 830

In view of this strategic judgment, Xiong suspected that what Xiong suspected was a regional defense treaty, not an alliance with Wei and Han.

It is difficult to form an alliance between Wei, Han and Chu, and the hatred is deep, and once an alliance is formed, it is easy for Chu to fall into a war that Chu does not want to participate in.

The contradiction between Wei and Qin revolves around Xihe, and this knot cannot be untied.

Qin and Chu have always been married, and their relationship has always been close. Chu needs Qin as an ally in the face of the Three Jins.

If Wei and Chu form an alliance, once Wei and Qin go to war, Chu will support Wei according to the covenant, which is not in the interests of Chu.

On the contrary, if it is just an anti-Mexican defense alliance about the Liangyangxia area, if Wei and Qin go to war, Chu State does not need to participate, because the war happened in Xihe instead of the Central Plains, so there is no need to fulfill its obligations, so as to continue to maintain friendly relations with Qin State.

Furthermore, Qin State is an unstable factor for Wei State. If the Mo family goes north, Qin Wei and Wei Mo start a war, Chu State can continue to remain neutral and watch the fun because it has not formed an alliance with Wei and Han, so that the fisherman can benefit.

What the Mohist envoy sent was just an outline of a strategy. There were many specific things that the King of Chu could not accept, but they could still be negotiated based on some acceptable ones.

So far, the Mohist envoy stayed in Chendi and continued to negotiate with the King of Chu.

Good news or news showing the sincerity of the Mohists kept coming. The Sishang volunteers in the Song Dynasty began to retreat except for a small part to help maintain order; Sishang has issued a proposal to cancel the mobilization, although it has not yet been officially implemented. But people's hearts have been floating.

All this relieved King Chu's tense nerves, and he let out a long sigh of relief.

On this day, the King of Chu was about to continue to invite the Mohist envoy to talk, when the servant walked over in a panic and brought a news that shocked the King of Chu.

"Your Majesty, Wei and Han swore to enter Zheng, detained the Si family who went to the alliance, and announced the three crimes of Zheng Guo."

"One, the second is on Sishang."

"Secondly, when the third generation of Zheng Ren killed his father, the heaven will punish him, and he will help the heaven to punish him."

"Thirdly, the enmity between Zheng and Han, Han Hou said that the enmity of killing his father can be avenged by the ninth generation."

"The Koreans sent [-] troops to Yangcheng, and the Wei people sent [-] troops to Zhongyang. They attacked from east to west, and Xinzheng was besieged."

"Great Sima is very active in the alliance. Wei Xianggong uncle Cuo, in the name of agreeing to jointly defend the Mohists, said that he would never fight Chu in the Central Plains. He also said that the Mohists are the great enemy of the Central Plains. They should not fight each other and win the game." profit."

Xiong Yi was furious, and turned against the case, scolding: "Wei Jian is shameless, Han You is innocent! You didn't know what you did this time!"

He angrily accepted the message sent from the front, and after scanning it briefly, he probably understood it.

As early as a few days ago, the Mohists had sent people to the state of Zheng, saying with great fanfare that they would guarantee the independence of the state of Zheng, but they also criticized the laws of the state of Zheng as being too strict and the people could not benefit, so the state of Zheng wanted to be protected by the Mohists. A series of political reforms must be carried out, which has brought negotiations to a standstill.

Although anxious, the Mohist family has already shown their intention to retreat, and it is very likely that they will sign a non-aggressive covenant soon. Once this covenant is signed, if Zheng Guo is attacked by Wei and Han, the Mohist family will send troops.

Moreover, the Mo family had been active in Zheng State before, transporting weapons and repairing the city walls, which had already made Wei Han terrified.

But Xiong Yi understood that Wei Han's attack on Zheng might not have happened suddenly, but had been planned. Otherwise, how could it be possible to gather so many troops so quickly and make various preparations?

I am afraid that it is false to talk with Chu State, and it is true to take advantage of the tense opportunity of the Mo family entering Song Chu State to capture Zheng State.

Moreover, this time the king of Chu visited Chen, and all the surrounding lords came to see him. The northern border of Chu State was temporarily unable to send troops.

Han and Zheng are very close to each other. If they march quickly, they can reach the capital of Zheng State in three to five days.

Once the capital is broken, it will be too late for Chu to intervene.

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In Suanzao City, which belonged to Zheng State 20 years ago and now belongs to Wei State.

Uncle Wei Xianggong, who had endured the angry accusations of the Grand Sima of the Chu State for a whole day, was having a banquet with a group of Wei officials with a smile on his face.

"I remember that when Doctor Lu Yang wanted to attack Zheng, Doctor Lu Yang said that Zheng was guilty, so he attacked for the sky. Mo Di said, it's like a person's son is unworthy. You rush in and beat that son. Don, say that I beat you for your father, because you are unworthy and your father will definitely beat you."

Speaking of this, all the Wei people present laughed. The Mohists 20 years ago upheld the idea of ​​establishing a new international law and that big countries would not interfere in the internal affairs of small countries.

However, 20 years later, the Mohist School has become an organization that does not interfere in internal affairs if you are poor;

Uncle Gong does not call Lu Yang Gong, but Lu Yang Doctor, which is also a kind of political correctness.

Since the state of Chu was known as a barbarian, it has been engaged in the Xiaoxi Zhou Dynasty, with the county as the country and the monarch as the public. Wei Chishang is only a lord, while Luyang is the public. This is regarded as arrogance among the Xia in the Central Plains. It is called Dr. Lu Yang.

Now Wei State's army has crossed the border city of Zheng State and reached Zhengdu. Zheng State is too small to have any strategic depth.

In Uncle Cuo's view, Wei Han is not yet fully prepared.

The best time, in fact, should be after Wei Chuhan signed the Central Plains Joint Anti-Mexican Treaty before sending troops to attack Zheng.

However, this time the Mohist wanted to protect the independence of Zheng Guo, and had already started contacting and negotiating with Zheng Guo. The second batch of supplies and some aid had already entered Zheng Guo through Lu Guo, which made it impossible for Wei Han to wait any longer.

Zheng Guo did not formally join the non-offensive alliance for a day, and the Mo family could only send troops in the name of punishing injustice.

In other words, the Mohists cannot borrow the Song State.

Because if Zheng Guo joined the non-aggressive alliance, then Zheng country was invaded, Song and Sishang, both in the non-aggressive alliance, were obliged to send troops, so the Mohists could use Song's land and logistics to directly attack Wei's most vulnerable Central Plains waistline.

Because Zheng State had not yet joined the Non-Offensive Alliance, Zheng State was invaded. Song State had no reason to punish injustice, and the Mohists could only use the reason to punish injustice to send troops.

In this way, the scale of sending troops cannot be too large.

Before this, Gong Shucuo had sent a letter to Marquis Wei to send envoys to Sishang, saying that the attack on Zheng State had nothing to do with Wei, and hoped that the Mohists would not casually enter the territory of Wei State.

Ordered part of the Wei army to be under the command of Gou Bian, the general of the state of Wei, and stationed at the border.

Gou Bian was quite talented. Zhongni's grandson Si once recommended him to Marquis Wei, saying that he had a talent of five hundred times.Marquis Wei said, I know Gou Bian's talent, but he once embezzled two eggs when he was a local official, so I can't use such a person.Hou Zisi persuaded Marquis Wei with the principle of "choose its strengths and discard its weaknesses", and Gou became a general of Wei... As for whether emphasizing talents and not virtues violates Confucian morals, that is another question up.

In addition, not long ago, the Mohist envoys also came to participate in the meeting. Although no one was invited, they reiterated the rhetoric they had with the King of Chu after they came.

Therefore, Gong Shucuo made up his mind, taking advantage of the opportunity when the Mohists were still negotiating with Zheng Guo, Zheng Guo had not formally signed a contract to join the non-aggressive alliance, and the Mohists were advocating the non-aggressive peace and the non-aggressive alliance as a defensive alliance, and the preparations were not sufficient Invaded the state of Zheng under the conditions.

Since the Mohists could not go from the state of Song or the state of Wei, if the Mohists wanted to interfere with the state of Zheng, they had to choose to send troops from the Huai River, bypassing the state of Chu to appeal to Chen Cai.

Not to mention whether Chu State could allow an army capable of propaganda to parade in Chu State, even if it was allowed, such a marching route would take three to two months at least.

Moreover, the long distance also meant that the Mo family could not send troops on a large scale. If it was less, it would be equivalent to sending food, so the possibility of sending troops on Sishang was extremely small.

The Mohism's success in the world relies on honesty and morality. Even if some theories are not accepted by scholars, honesty is another matter.

Uncle Cuo was sure that the Mohists would not use Song State to attack Wei State just after saying that the non-offensive alliance was a defensive alliance.

What needs to be considered now is Chu's attitude, but Chu's attitude depends on when Zheng's capital falls.

If it can be resolved within ten days, then there is almost no possibility of Chu sending troops.

As long as the capital of Zheng State does not last for three to five months, it will be a done deal by the time Chu State reacts to the Shangqiu defense battle when King Zhuang attacked Song Dynasty.

So far, Wei and Han's offensive has been quite smooth.

Zheng Guo's soldiers were generally war-weary and would collapse at the first touch.

And many leading parties of Zheng Guo are also on Wei Guo's side.

When Si Ziyang was in power, the other six clans in Qimu killed Si Ziyang, and the state of Zheng was divided.Soon after, Si Ziyang's remnant party counterattacked Xinzheng, executed Zheng Jun, established a new king, and then wiped out those nobles who murdered Si Ziyang.

A large number of nobles fled to the state of Wei, so that when the state of Wei occupied some cities in the state of Zheng under the pretext of seeking justice for Si Ziyang, the local doctors opened the city gates to welcome them warmly.

This time, a large number of Qimu remaining parties will also enter Zheng State together, under the banner of avenging Suu Gong and the clansmen who died in the coup that year. Before entering Xinzheng, there was basically no resistance.

Zheng Guo developed too early, compared with other countries in the Central Plains, it is richer and its folk laws are more sound, so Zheng Guo is generally war-weary and anti-war.

Back then, Prince Chu set up an incident, and Zheng and Chu fought. The people of Zheng opposed the war and were so tired of fighting that they dispersed before contacting each other. They would rather be captured than fight.

Wei Guo and South Korea did not use the banner of building a "kingdom paradise", but the people of Zheng Guo were really tired and didn't want to fight anymore.

So what if we win?What is the difference between paying taxes to those surnamed Ji and those surnamed Han?What's the difference if you change your title from Ji to Wei?
The people of Zheng have been fighting for 50 years for the blood feud of the Zheng and Han clans. The people of Zheng don't want to fight anymore, they just want to be a citizen of Wei and Han in peace and stability.

At the very least, there is no such war anymore, and the taxes and military service paid are much less.

The feudal lords have a country, the great officials have a family, and the common people are not qualified to have a family at this moment, let alone a country. They really don't know what they want to defend.

Is there any difference between Zheng people and Wei people?From the people of Zheng's point of view, I'm afraid there is no difference, except that Zheng's dialect is more vernacular than the vernacular origin, there seems to be no difference in other things.

The aristocrats speak elegant sounds, the common people speak dialects, the nobles have the etiquette of the nobles, and the common people have the etiquette of the common people. Speaking of the people of Han and Zheng, the nobles and the common people are actually more like two ethnic groups - and there is reproductive isolation Woolen cloth.

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